peddling denial. but you do get that is not the whole story, right? you understand the vaccine is not a cure-all. it won t get us out of the pandemic, not anytime soon. there are so many out there, i hear you on the radio, i see you on social media, i get your responses to the show. biden s doing a good job, take the win, why do you keep saying the situation is so dire? because it is. vaccine, biden, not enough. he s not trump. he s not going to tell you he s one move away and only he can fix. too many americans insist on falling short. so yeah, the vaccine s a step forward. but we re taking a step and after back. here s the proof. after weeks of steep declines, infections are rising again by more than 10% in 14 states this week compared to last. more states are reopening. is that good or bad? look, i believe it s how you do it and how you handle it on an individual basis. the opportunity is going to be there. what do you do with it? there will be more risk if you don t fly,
that is taking it seriously, dealing with it on all fronts and is not distracted by peddling denial. but you do get that s not the whole story, right? you understand that the vaccine is not a cure-all. it won t get us out of the pandemic, not any time soon. there are so many out there. i hear you on the radio, i see you on social media. i get you in your responses to the show. hey, vaccine, biden is doing a good job. take the win. why do you keep saying the situation is so dire? because it is. vaccine, biden, not enough. he s not trump. he is not going to tell you he is one move away and only he can fix. too many americans insist on falling short. so, yeah, the vaccine is a step forward, but we re taking a step and a half back. here is the proof. after weeks of steep decline, infections are rising again by more than 10% in 14 states this week compared to last. more states are reopening. now is that good or bad? look, i believe it s how you do it and how you handle it on an in
kids back into the classroom. the cdc is advising 3 feet of distancing instead of 6 feet for most students as long as masks and other measures are in place and depending on the community rates. joining me, andy slavitt who heads the covid response team. many states regardless are relaxing restrictions as cnn s alex alexandra field reports. k to 12 schools that operate safety can open. reporter: if even is masked, just 3 feet of students down from 6. the bottom line is there never was very good evidence for doing it alt 6 feet, not if kids are masked up. reporter: it s not clear how soon schools will implement changes as one said they ll, quote, reserve judgment. the push across the country accelerating as the new covid-19 cases hold steady. fewer than 55,000 new cases daily. still, alabama is one of the latest states moving ahead with plans to eliminate a mask mandate. the actual legal krgs of making it a mandate or not, you know, is not up to me, but we, you know,
his mother said a lot of things. god love you, indeed. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s friday, march 19th. with us, we have msnbc contributor, mike barnicle, and white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lamir. joe and mika have the morning off. it is a busy morning, though, as kasie just mentioned, we re getting fans in the stands for baseball. good for you. mets, yankees, 20% capacity, a few thousand fans in there. at least it s a start. i know how excited you are about the yankees hot start and spring training and seeing some of those great yankees fans populating that stadium in the bronx. as my mother would say actually, i can t say that on the air. you better no. we re going to have 12% capacity at fenway park. lamir, you excited for the yanks? they re looking good in the spring? willie, my question is, as yankee stadium fills up to 10, 15, 20% capacity, that s obviously going to leave a lot of empty seats, particularly dow
the government s announced there ll be a significant reduction in the availability of coronavirus vaccines from the end of this month, with the shortage expected to last through april. the nhs has written to local health organisations, urging them not to take any new appointments from the 29th of march. those who already have bookings are not expected to lose their slot. the bbc has been told that fewer batches of astrazeneca vaccines are available than expected. here is our political correspondent, laura kuenssberg. i have some fantastic news to be new today. we have now vaccinated over 25 million people stopping the vaccine is on the way. we are on track, so let s stick with that, follow the rules, and when you get the call, get the jab. the rules, and when you get the call, get the jab- call, get the “ab. perhaps the “ourne call, get the “ab. perhaps the journey is call, get the jab. perhaps the journey is less call, get the jab. perhaps the journey is less smoo